Uh-oh. We must really be in trouble. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has singled out Britain’s economy for especially gloomy treatment in its latest six-monthly take on the world economy.

Let’s begin at the beginning, shall we?…as the egg goes, so goes the chicken. A game of consumer product mousetrap…desperate times for the airline industry and the manufacturing sector. Is this a rerun of the 1970’s? Don’t pull out the shag carpeting and the disco ball just yet…and more!

“Captain, we’re running out of fuel!” “Don’t panic! Just burn up what little we have. And burn it faster!” Gordon Brown, crisis buster extraordinaire, has a solution to the energy crisis. Are you ready?

Garry White’s in a fightin’ mood today. Just check out this quote from today’s Smart Commodities: “Blair didn’t have the balls to make essential decisions that would have secured our energy future”.

A shadowy figure lumbered into Ladbrokes this morning. His chin was tucked into his chest, and he wore a hat, pulled down to conceal his face.

Here’s a turn-up for the books: we have such a vast oversupply of houses in the UK that Gordon Brown is proposing to spend £200m to buy up some of the excess.

A spritely performance from “Old Europe” – France and Germany – helped Eurozone growth exceed expectations in the first quarter.

When Gordon Brown sold half our gold reserves all those years ago, it almost precisely marked the end of the yellow metal’s long bear market.

It certainly comes as no surprise to The Fleet Street Letter that Labour are placed third in the local elections. Less than 25% of the vote for Labour, with Cameron’s mob pushing up in the 40’s and the Lib Dem’s pipping them at the post for second place.

So Labour got smashed in the local elections. No big surprise, really. It’s tempting to quote Bill Clinton’s famous maxim on what decides an election. In fact, it’s so tempting that I will.